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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 12:19 PM
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Dont forget to check, nuts, bolts, diff's etc.

I had a loose track bar bolt that was causing a shimmy in the front end, I sheered off a lower control arm bolt,

My rear diff's still leaking all over the place. I need to fix that,

Just don't forget to check over your Jeep, If you check it out now, it'll save the headache's later.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 12:23 PM
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Just spent an hour and a half powerwashing the undercarriage. Pulled and tugged to check everything. driving fine. Will check torques tom. I love Rausch Creek.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 12:25 PM
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Didn't you trash you tranny cross member before? Mine looks like a pancake :-) My gas tank is about 2 gallons smaller also....
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 04DrBlur
Didn't you trash you tranny cross member before? Mine looks like a pancake :-) My gas tank is about 2 gallons smaller also....
yeah. On my green JK, it was completely fucked, I think it effected the shifting, It had pushed the tranny up.

luckly the Fulltraction long arm, replaced the cross member, Its completely fine... It'll take alot to mess that up.


which reminds me, I did mess up my gas tank skid too, I don't think the 2 doors are built as well. I really did'nt even beat on the Jeep that much either.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 12:53 PM
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i don't think I scraped much! My tires feel a little rougher than normal but that might be because I was rolling around on 40" pillows all weekend at 12psi.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by toad
I've never had a problem with mine. Maybe it's the driver.
come to the eastcoast, we'll screw it up
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 01:32 PM
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i must say i scraped the shit outta my rims, picked up some black touch up paint from the auto store and from a distance it looks almost normal...other then that i doing alright but have lift fever really bad
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by toad
As pretty as the scenery is/was, I'll stick with rocks as opposed to mud. Good luck on a solution!


awh, the naive. We actually have alot of rocks, We're right on the edge of the glaciers. There's a mix of everything, it just depends what you want to wheel.

here's just a little bit

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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 02:50 PM
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i love playing find the new scratches once you finally wash it hahaha. funny thing is this trip is the hardest i have wheeled because of the new 35's and I have almost no damage, i scraped up my rims a little but that doesnt matter, man i cant say enough how much of a difference the 35s made
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 03:04 PM
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I just got my oil sample bottle in the mail from Blackstone Labs, so I'm gonna do my 9k mile oil change and send the sample out to get eyeballed. More for curiosity than anything else.

Other than that, I still need to spray down the undercarriage and crawl under there with some black rustoleum and touch up a few spots. I did my fair share of dragging parts, and need to do some minor rust prevention
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